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Give him some prize money! (was: My First ESPG)
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lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming
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Date:
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Tue, 1 Jun 2004 15:16:56 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Chris Yoder wrote:
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In lugnet.pirates, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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Whether grape is “too effective” or not as currently written is the subject
of much discussion in ESPG circles. I don’t think there has been any firm
conclusion drawn as of yet.
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I think it is too effective.
I want cannon fire to be about ship-to-ship combat and not
slaughtering the crew while leaving the ship intact. From what I saw, GS is
easily the most effective way to take a ship.
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But that’s braodly historically accurate. For most countries’
fleets/ships/captains the whole point of shooting at an opposing ship was to
disable it, board it and force the crew (or what was left of them) to surrender.
For example, for the English, this meant you could take the ship in tow, and
return it to home for a big fat prize money reward. (and you’d get prisoners of
war too... ransom!) Plus you get to auction off whatever cargo/gold/stores it
was carrying. The navy could then repair the ship and return it to sea, much
easier/cheaper than laying down a new keel and building from scratch! Everyone
on the ship dreamt of “prize money” which was shared out among all those on
board (proportionatly of course, a sailor wouldn’t get nearly as much as a
Captain!) For a good prize the money may be more than a year’s salary, certainly
enough to be worth the tricky business of towing a dismasted ship. See
here for more detail
James (who has now learnt even more about naval fleet tactics!)
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| (...) I think it is too effective. I'll be giving it a range of 6" and -2 per 6” thereafter. I want cannon fire to be about ship-to-ship combat and not slaughtering the crew while leaving the ship intact. From what I saw, GS is easily the most (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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